Crupper-stuffer.



No. 725,535. PATENTED APR. 14, 1903.

J. B. BASTIAN @L J. H. sUssMAN.

' GRUPPER STUPPER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12. 19.01.

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UNITED STATES JOHN BARBER BASTIAN AND OHN HARRY SUSSMAN, OF CHARLESTOWN,

PATENT OFFICE;

INDIANA. Y

CRUPPERSTUFFER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 725,535, dated April14, 1903.

Application tiled September 12, 1901. Serial No. '75.208- (No model.)

To @ZZ whom tm/ty concern: l

Be it known that we, JOHN BARBER BAs- 'rIAN and JOHN HARRY SUssIvIAN,citizens of the United States, residing at Charlestown, in the county ofClark and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Crupper-Stuffer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to crupper-stuffers.

The object is to provide a machine` which shall combine great simplicityof construction with high efficiency and durability in use and that maybe operated by an unskilled workman to eect thorough and rapid stuffingof cruppers.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in, the novelconstruction and combination of parts ited may be varied or changed asto shape, proportion, and exact manner of assemblagev without departingfrom the scope of the' in- Vention,'and in the drawings- Figure l is aview in sectional elevation,

showing the position occupied' byv the parts Fig. 2 is a simi when readyfor operation. lar view showing the positionof the parts when thecylinder to contain the stuffing material is to be iilled. Fig. 3 is aview in-topj vthe'nozzle or separable therefrom, and is of a "size topermit ready insertion within the crupplan, partly in section.

Referringv to the drawings, 1 Y cylinder to contain the materialemployed for'stulting theV cruppers. This cylinder. is mounted forlimited vertical movement within a guide 2, secured to three uprightsjf,'as by bolts or screws 4. The guide is an. annulus, and its Centraloriice is of 'a size to-permit the cylinder to be freely movedtherein"for a purpose that will presently appear. In this instance there are butthree of the uprights 3 shown, this number being adopted in order topermit lateral swinging movedesignates aF ment of the nozzle 5, asclearly shown in Fig.

2; but it is tobe understood that if found necessary additional uprightsmay be employedLand as this will beobvious detailed illustration isdeemed unnecessary. Secured near the lower ends of the standard is aplate 6, uponwhich the cylinder l rests, the platek being provided witha central opening, in which works a piston-rod 7, that portion of therod `projected within the cylinder being threaded and carryinga'threaded disk S, upon which is screwed a piston 9, the lower end ofthepiston being connected with the cap-plate 10 of the plunger 1l ofahydraulic pumpy 12, the form ofpump herein shown being merelydiagrammatic, as any other preferred ,construction vmay be employed andstillbewithin the scope of the invention. As the piston-rod is guided bythe plate 6 and is held in vertical position thereby, the lower portionof the cylinder will he properly held in position-with relation to theguide 2, thereby to permit the same to be'moved back and forththrough alimited stroke to move the same into and out of engagement with thenozzle 5 to lock the same against turning or to permit the same beingswung'laterally, as shown in Fig. 2.

`Secured to the upper extremities of the up- 'rights is a semicircularplate 13, constituting stop tollimit lateral movement inward oflthe'nozzleV to bring the same into alinement 'withthe'cylinder 1, andpivoted to the stop by, a ,bolt or rivet 14 is an annulus 15, throughwhich projects the nozzle 5, the same being 'provided with a shoulder 16to limit inward insertion therein. The nozzle is provided with amouthpiece 16, which may be integral with per-strap.T Arranged below themouthpiece verse oriceflZpwhich is engaged by a` plate 18, constitutinga cut-off, the cut-oit beingse- -16 andonxone side of the nozzle is atransy cured to a spring-arm 19,'.rxnlyattached'to .L the nozzle' andmovable into y'and out of engagement with a notch 120, formed inapro;jection 21, also carried lby theiozzle.y @The spring is flexed to causethe cut-od normally to close the escapeto the mouthpiece and is held outof engagement therewith by bring- IOO ing the arm 19 into engagementwith the notch 20.

When the cylinder is to be iilled with the material for stuffing thecruppers, the nozzle 5 is swung laterally to the position shown in Fig.2, prior to which, however, the cylinder is pushed down upon the plate6, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby to remove it from engagement with thenozzle, the under face of the piston when the cylinder is in thisposition being projected therein a distance equal to the upward movementthat isimparted to it to bring it into engagement with the nozzle, sothat the lower end of the cylinder will always be closed to preventescape of the stufling material. In other words, the plunger 1l nevermoves downward a sufficient distance to cause the piston to leave thecylinder. The cylinder is now filled with the stuffing material, and thenozzle is swunginward and is locked in position by a catch or latch 22,carried by the stop 13, which interlocks with the annulus or head-platel5. The cylinder is now pushed upward to cause the upper end thereof toenter the lower portion of the nozzle, inward insertion being limited byan angular shoulder 23, formed by the juncture of the lower straightportion of the nozzle with the tapered upper portion. A cru pper is nowinserted over the mouthpiece 16 and the pump is started, being operatedeither by hand or by power, and the piston by moving upward within thecylinder forces a portion of its contents into the crupper, it beingunderstood that the cut-off is open. As soon as the crupper is filledthe cut-0E is closed and the pump stopped and an empty crupperstrap isassociated with the mouthpiece, these operations being repeated untilthe cylinder is emptied of its contents, whereupon the parts of theapparatus are brought to the position shown in Fig. 2 and the filling ofthe cylinder again accomplished in the manner described, it beingunderstood that as the piston is drawn down for the purpose ofpermitting refilling of the cylinder the latter is drawn backward by thepiston against the plate 6, or, if preferred, the cylinder may rst bepushed back against the plate by hand, after which the piston may beretracted.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that while the device ofthis invention is of exceedingly simple construction it possesses allthe elements necessary to the production of a thoroughly-efficient'apparatus, and owing to the small number of parts employed in itsconstruction danger of disarrangement or breakage in use is reduced to aminimum.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A crupper-stui'ing machine, comprising a longitudinally-movablecylinder, a supporting frame therefor provided with means spaced fromone end of said cylinder to limit its movement in one direction, amovable nozzle for engaging the other end of said cylinder and limitingits movement in the other direction, and a pistoncoacting with thecylinder.

2. A crupper-stuflng machine, comprising a supporting-frame, a cylinderloosely mounted in said frame to slide longitudinally when in operativeposition, a laterally-movable nozzle mounted on said frame fordetachable engagement with one end of said cylinder, and a piston in thecylinder which on its forward stroke holds said cylinder in engagementwith said nozzle and on its backward stroke withdraws it from engagementtherewith.

3. A crupper-stufling machine, comprising a longitudinally-movablecylinder, a supportingframe therefor provided with means spaced from theends ot' the cylinder for limiting its movement in opposite directions,and a piston coacting with the cylinder.

4. In a crupper-stuffing machine, a frame supporting a guide, a cylindermounted in the guide, a plate supported by the frame upon which thecylinder is adapted to rest, a stop-plate carried by the upper portionot' the frame, a nozzle having a swinging connection with thestop-plate, a piston within the cylinder, and actuating mechanismconnected with the piston. t

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JOI-IN BARBER BASTIAN.` JOI-IN HARRY SUSSMAN.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS GILBERT FLORA, E. E. HANLIN.

